Arrondissement of Briançon
The arrondissement of Briançon is a French arrondissement in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Briançon.
Briançon | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Hautes-Alpes |
| No. of communes | 36 |
| Subprefecture | Briançon |
| Area | 2,138.1 km2 (825.5 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 34,280 |
| INSEE code | 051 |
History
When the Hautes-Alpes department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Briançon was part of that original department.[2]
Geography
The arrondissement of Briançon is the most northern of the Hautes-Alpes department. It is bordered to the east by the Piedmont region (Italy), to the southeast by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the south by the Gap arrondissement, to the west by the Drôme department and to the north by the Savoie department.
The arrondissement of Briançon is the smallest of the two arrondissements of the department both in area, 2,138.1 km2 (825.5 sq mi), and population (35,752 inhabitants).
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
There are four cantons in the arrondissement of Briançon and all have their communes in the arrondissement:
Communes
The arrondissement of Briançon has 37 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]
- Abriès (05001)
- Aiguilles (05003)
- L'Argentière-la-Bessée (05006)
- Arvieux (05007)
- Briançon (05023)
- Ceillac (05026)
- Cervières (05027)
- Champcella (05031)
- Château-Ville-Vieille (05038)
- Eygliers (05052)
- Freissinières (05058)
- La Grave (05063)
- Guillestre (05065)
- Molines-en-Queyras (05077)
- Le Monêtier-les-Bains (05079)
- Mont-Dauphin (05082)
- Montgenèvre (05085)
- Névache (05093)
- Puy-Saint-André (05107)
- Puy-Saint-Pierre (05109)
- Puy-Saint-Vincent (05110)
- Réotier (05116)
- Risoul (05119)
- Ristolas (05120)
- La Roche-de-Rame (05122)
- Saint-Chaffrey (05133)
- Saint-Clément-sur-Durance (05134)
- Saint-Crépin (05136)
- Saint-Martin-de-Queyrières (05151)
- Saint-Véran (05157)
- La Salle-les-Alpes (05161)
- Val-des-Prés (05174)
- Vallouise-Pelvoux (05101)
- Vars (05177)
- Les Vigneaux (05180)
- Villar-d'Arêne (05181)
- Villar-Saint-Pancrace (05183)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code | Commune | Population[5] (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05023 | Briançon | 12,392 | Briançon-1 and Briançon-2 | Le Briançonnais |
| 05065 | Guillestre | 2,323 | Guillestre | Guillestrois et du Queyras |
| 05006 | L'Argentière-la-Bessée | 2,317 | L'Argentière-la-Bessée | Le Pays des Ecrins |
| 05133 | Saint-Chaffrey | 1,645 | Briançon-1 | Le Briançonnais |
| 05183 | Villar-Saint-Pancrace | 1,442 | Briançon-1 | Le Briançonnais |
| 05151 | Saint-Martin-de-Queyrières | 1,108 | L'Argentière-la-Bessée | Le Pays des Ecrins |
| 05079 | Le Monêtier-les-Bains | 1,007 | Briançon-1 | Le Briançonnais |
| 05161 | La Salle-les-Alpes | 988 | Briançon-1 | Le Briançonnais |
